DEDICATION

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PORTRAIT - E. B. STILLMAN

HISTORICAL
  INTRODUCTORY.

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  OUTLINE HISTORY.

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  STATE HISTORY.

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  MINERAL RESOURCES.

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  REMOVAL OF CAPITAL IN 1857.

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  PENITENTIARIES, ASYLUMS, ETC.

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PHOTO - GREENE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

  EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

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  RAILWAYS, MANUFACTURES, ETC.

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  MANUFACTURES.

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  INDIAN TROUBLES.

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  GREENE COUNTY

  THE HISTORICAL BEGINNING.

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PHOTO

JEFFERSON IN 1869.

  GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY.

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  GEOLOGICAL.

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  ARTESIAN WELLS.

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  SURVEYOR'S NOTES.

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  GRANT TOWNSHIP.

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  BRISTOL TOWNSHIP.

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  KENDRICK TOWNSHIP.

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  IRREGULAR TOWNSHIP.

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  ORGANIZATION AND COURT PROCEEDINGS.

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PHOTO

OBSERVATORY BUILT AT JEFFERSON
TO VIEW ECLIPSE OF SUN,

AUGUST 7, 1869.

  DEATH OF JACOB YOUNG.

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  CLAIMS AND FIRST IMPROVEMENTS.

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  COUNTY SEAT LOCATION.

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  PIONEER MARRIAGES AND BIRTHS.

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  EARLY DAY FINANCES.

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PHOTO

MAIN STREET LOOKING SOUTH, PATON.

  COURT SESSION JULY A D 1856.

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  PIONEERS.

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  TOWNSHIPS.

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  GOLD EXCITEMENT.

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  JEFFERSON'S FIRST SCHOOL.

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  A PRAIRIE FIRE.

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  FOOD SCARCE AND HIGH.

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  HOTEL DE PITCHIN.

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PHOTO - CARNEGIE LIBRARY, JEFFERSON.

  HINDERING SPECULATORS.

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  A GRAND WAR RECORD.

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  SCHOLARS.

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  A BIG BARBECUE.

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  A DOCTOR's EXPERIENCE.

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  DIVIDING THE HIDE.

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  A BAREFOOTED BRIGADE.

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  STIRRING TIMES.

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  OFFICIAL REGISTER.

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  COUNTY JUDGES.

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  DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS.

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  PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.

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  CLERKS OF COURT.

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  TREASURERS AND RECORDERS.

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  TREASURERS.

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  AUDITORS.

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  SHERIFFS.

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  RECORDERS.

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  SCHOOL FUND COMMISSIONER.

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  COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

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  SURVEYORS.

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  CORONERS.

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  SUPERVISORS.

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PHOTO - GERMAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH, PATON.

  JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.

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  REPRESENTATIVES.

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  SENATORS.

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  CONGRESSMEN.

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  CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

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  POLITICAL HISTORY.

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  EARLY DAY COURTS.

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  AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

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PHOTO - METHODIST CHURCH, JEFFERSON.

  COUNTY BUILDINGS.

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  COUNTY JAIL.

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  THE POOR FARM.

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  THE SOLDIERS OF GREENE COUNTY.

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PHOTO - MAIN STREET LOOKING NORTH, PATON.

  INDIAN SCARES.

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  RAILROADS.

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  THE PRESS.

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PHOTO - PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, JEFFERSON.

  THE ANNALS OF CRIME.

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JEFFERSON.

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  FIRE DEPARMENT.

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PHOTO - CHRISTIAN CHURCH, JEFFERSON.

  CHURCHES.

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  PRESBYTERIAN.

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  BAPTIST.

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  METHODIST EPISCOPAL.

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  JEFFERSON CIRCUIT.

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  CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

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  ST. JOSEPH' CATHOLIC CHURCH.

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  OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION.

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VIEW OF CITY PARK, PATON.

  THE ILLINOIS PICNIC ASSOCIATION.

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  THE RUSSIAN FAMINE.

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  DISCOVERY OF GAS.

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  A DISAPPEARING SUN.

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  A BIG FLOOD.

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  A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.

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  ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.

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  THE SHIPMAN TRAGEDY.

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  A TRIPLE DROWNING.

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PHOTO - FIRST M. E. CHURCH, PATON.

  THE BAR.

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  IN MEMORY OF JOHN J. RUSSELL.

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  IN MEMORIAM.

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PHOTO - HIGH SCHOOL, JEFFERSON.

  THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

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  JEFFERSON BANKS.

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  SCHOOLS.

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  THE VARIOUS ORDERS.

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PHOTO - CATHOLIC CHURCH, PATON.

  THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

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  THE CITY CLUBS.

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  FRIDAY CLUB.

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  THE CULTURE CLUB.

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  THE MARGARET FULLER CLUB.

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  THE INGLESIDE CLUB.

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  IOWA'S FIRST TEACHER A JEFFERSON WOMAN.

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PHOTO - BAPTIST CHURCH, JEFFERSON.

  TOWNS AND VILLAGES.

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GRAND JUNCTION.

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  INCORPORATION.

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  NEWSPAPERS.

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  ATTORNEYS.

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  PHYSICIANS.

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  BANKS.

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  BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

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  ALLEN M. HILLMAN.

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  WILLIAM PARK.

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  A SAD LIST.

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  SCHOOLS.

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  CHURCHES.

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PHOTO - CATHOLIC CHURCH, JEFFERSON.

DANA.

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  CHEESE FACTORY.

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  CHURCHES.

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  LODGES AND CAMPS.

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SCRANTON.

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  INCORPORATION.

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  GENERAL BUSINESS INTERESTS.

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  NEWSPAPERS.

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  LAWYERS.

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  PHYSICIANS.

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  BANKS.

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  POSTMASTERS.

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  FIRE PROTECTION.

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  PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

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  CHURCHES.

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PHOTO - RESIDENCE OF SCOTT BARBER, KENDRICK TOWNSHIP, BUILT IN 1862.

  CIVIC SOCIETIES.

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  A TORNADO OF THE LONG AGO.

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CHURDAN.

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  SCHOOLS.

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  POSTMASTERS.

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  INCORPORATION.

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  BANKS.

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  NEWSPAPERS.

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  CHURCHES.

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PHOTO - PUBLIC SCHOOL, PATON.

  THE VENTURE THAT FAILED.

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ADAZA.

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  A CYCLONE AND ITS WORK.

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  THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.

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  THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

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PATON.

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  POSTMASTERS.

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RIPPEY.

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PORTRAIT - DR. AND MRS. J. C. LOVEJOY

  NEWSPAPERS.

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  SCHOOLS.

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  BANKS.

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  INCORPORATE RIPPEY.

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  COMMERCIAL CLUB.

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  CIVIC SOCIETIES.

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ANGUS.

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SURREY.

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COOPER.

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  THE COOPER CIRCUIT.

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PHOTO - PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PATON.

FARLIN.

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HARDIN TOWNSHIP.

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GRANT TOWNSHIP.

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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.

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GREENBRIER TOWNSHIP.

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WILLOW TOWNSHIP.

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JACKSON TOWNSHIP.

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KENDRICK TOWNSHIP.

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CEDAR TOWNSHIP.

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DAWSON TOWNSHIP.

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PORTRAIT - HENRY HAAG

PORTRAIT - MRS. HENRY HAAG

BIOGRAPHICAL.

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